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LOLIUM TEMULENTUM. 



LiNNiErs. HooKBE AND Aenott. Smith. Paenell. 

 Deakin. Lindley. Sinclaie. Eoch. Babington. Scheadbe. Host. 



WiLLDENOW. KnAPP. ScHEEBBE. LeEES. 



Obdee. Ehehaet. Bull. Hudson. Witheeins. Hull. Abbot. 

 Eelhan. Kunth. Maceeight. 



PLATE Lxvm — A. 



LolivM aruense, Withbeing. Hull. Smith. LiNDtET. 



" Hookbe. Knapp. Scheadee. Host. 



" Eelhan. Kunth. Maceeight. 



album, Gbbaedb. Eay. 



verum, Gesneei. Moeison. 



Darnel or Bearded Rye-Grass. 



Lolium — Darnel. Temulentum — Drunken, in allusion to the 



poisonous, sleepy property of the seeds. 



Not only a useless Grass, but a noxious weed, especially in 

 corn-fields. 



The seeds are said to be poisonous. 



Not common. in Scotland and Ireland, yet frequent in England, 

 and found in tbe counties of Devon, Sussex, Kent, Essex, 

 Cambridge, Sufiblk, Bedford, Worcester, Nottingham, York, 

 Durham, and Northumberland. In Wales in Carnarvonshire, 

 and the Island of Anglesea. Also a native of France, Italy, 

 Germany, Japan, South America, Norway, Sweden, and North 

 Africa. 



Stem circular, having four flat, lanceolate, acute, rough, mi- 

 nutely-toothed leaves, with smooth striated sheaths, the upper 



